Cathay Williams is the only documented female Buffalo Soldier and the first African American woman to enlist in the U.S. Army ...

Army veteran, author and veterans' advocate Kayla Williams hopes strides made to allow women in combat roles don't fall by the wayside.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As women have increasingly found new roles in the US armed forces, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed a review of ...

Her name is “Bond”. For most of her adult life, Tanya Bondarenko was known to her friends by her first name. But everything changed in the early hours of 24 February 2022 when she awoke to the sound ...

If you have not heard of the Military Women’s Memorial and its historical repository, then today is the day to learn about this extraordinary tribute honoring all servicewomen who have answered the ...

The UK defence secretary has said there is "new determination" to ensure the military protects women after a former Army sergeant was jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage soldier who later took ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A history-making woman in the United States military has strong ties to Colorado. Cathay Williams was born to her free father and enslaved mother in Missouri in 1844. During her youth ...

The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting ...

The mother of a teenage soldier who took her own life after being sexually assaulted by a superior has said young women should not join the Army. Leighann McCready said the armed forces had still not ...